Arlean E. Pfanstiel

OSMOND -— Funeral service for Arlean E. Pfanstiel, 91, Osmond, will be 11 a.m., March 3, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Osmond.

Officiating the service will be Reverend Scott Kirchoff.

Interment will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, rural Osmond. Visitation will be from 9 a.m., Thursday, to service time at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Osmond.

Arlean died Feb. 12, 2022, in Osmond.

Stonacek Memorial Chapel in Osmond is in charge of the arrangements.

Born Feb. 13, 1930, in Foster, Arlean Pfanstiel was the daughter of Benjamin and Bertha (Krueger) Krueger. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church and grew up in Foster until she was 10. She attended schools in Foster and Pierce and went to the 10th grade at Norfolk High School. She married Herman Klug June 9, 1945, at Norfolk. He died Oct. 30, 1955. On April 23, 1964, she married Harry Lenser at Yankton, S.D. They farmed at Norfolk until moving to McLean. There, they owned and operated a restaurant called Harry’s Place for 28 years. Arlean moved to Plainview. Harry died Jan. 28, 2004. She moved out to McCook in May 2005. Arlean moved back to the Pierce County area. Arlean married Delmar Pfanstiel June 12, 2009, in Osmond. They lived on the Pfanstiel family farm until Delmar died June 24, 2019.

Arlean was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Osmond. Survivors include her children, Leon (Lydia) Irvin, Fort Collins, Colo.; Dennis (Patricia Read), Oconto; Sheryl Williams, Omaha; Lee William (Bonnie) Oliva, St. Joseph, Mo.; Jacalyn Hanlon, Lakeside, Ark.; and Dina (Terry) Schwartz, Lincoln; daughter-in-law, LaJean Hofmann, Norfolk; step children Bernita (Doug) Bauer, Worland, Wyo.; Randy (Janet) Pfanstiel, McLean; Diane (Dan) Short, Powell, Wyo.; Kevin Pfanstiel (Sherry Albrecht), Pierce; Gene (Julie) Pfanstiel , Randolph; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; and two sisters, Bernice Siems, Elgin, and Inez (Omar) Brisendine, Jefferson, Mo.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin and Bertha; brothers, Lawrence, Clarence, Albert and Emil; sisters, Rose Berg, Alvina in infancy, and Betty Pino; and her spouses, Herman Klug, Harry Lenser and Delmar Pfanstiel.